Transcript Slajd 1 - Legionowo

Canada is the second largest
country in the world. The population
of Canada is about 33 milion; 5.5
milion are immigrants. The largest
city is Toronto, but the capital is
Ottawa. Canada today is a constitutional
monarchy with Elizabeth II as head of state
and holds democracy.
Location
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Canada is located in North America.
It's
surrounded by North Pacific Ocean,
North
Atlantic Ocean and North Arctic
Ocean.
Canada bordered with United Stated
Of
America, Alaska and Grenland.
The capital and the largest
city
Ottawa is the capital of
Canada and it’s located on the
banks of the river Ottawa. In Ottawa
lives about 1 146 790 people.
English is the native language for
62.6%, 14.9% for French residents
of the city (accorcing to data from
2006). The city is officially bilingual.
Toronto is the lagest city of Canada,
with over 5 915 386 people (2011).
Toronto name comes from the Indians
and means meeting place. Accocing to
the authorities in Toronto, it’s the
greenest metropolis in the world. Nearly
1/5 of the city is covered by greenery,
far from the average of the continent –
1/20 (5%).
Facts & Figures
The Trans-Canada Highway is the
longest national highway in the
The deepest lake in Canada
world, at 7,821 kilometres long.
is the Great Slave Lake, at
614 metres deep.
Literature
Canadian literature is composed of two parts: English–
speaking and French- speaking literature. Canadian writers
who be a international famous are: Lucy Maud Montgomery
author of the famous cycle of novels about „Anne of Green
Gable”, Margaret Atwood and Mordecai Richler.
Films and Music
In Canada created characteristic
types of folk music. The diversity
reflects a mixture of ethnic and
cultural Canada. In addition to music
Canada is an important
derived from the Scottish tradition
producer of movies. It’s
established Canadian artistic, there Francophone and Indian
music, as traditional and ritual, and
film school. In Canada,
especially in Toronto, called contemporary.
Hollywood North turns up a
lof of American films. Among
Canadians also came many
famous actors, mostly
comedies.
Sport
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The most popular sports in Canada are ice hockey (winter discipline) and
lacrosse (summer discipline). National discipline is hockey, which
accumulates most of the audience in the country. After hockey other
popular sports spectacles are curling and Canadian football which has a
professional Canadian Football League (CFL). Golf, baseball, skiing,
football, volleyball, basketball, and increasingly MMA are widely
cultivated
by young people at the amateur level but clubs are not popular. Canada
was
organizer many sporting events.